vast, but sparsely populated
1.regionalism2.favoring one's local region
1.county court2.district court
(geotectonics) crustal movement; diastrophism
geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid)
earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power)
1.lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth2.fig. to rave and rant
Tarbaĝatay, prefecture in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区[xīn jiāng wéi wú ěr zì zhì qū]
absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
1.in all honesty2.truth to tell
1.heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster2.fig. violent revolution3.major social upheaval
(idiom) poles apart; as different as can be
1.poles apart (idiom)2.entirely different
1.the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning2.fig. huge changes in the world
to lose every scrap of reputation
1.to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution2.to carry out the law on the spot
1.(dated) Taiwanese indigenous peoples2.Taiwanese aborigine
lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature
(idiom) to sit on the ground or the floor
to start from scratch (idiom)
1.kindhearted2.good-natured
ashamed and unable to show one's face (idiom)
to recover lost territory
to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
tourist destination; tourist attraction
1.trouble spot2.sketchy area
1.here and now2.as things stand
to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
1.marsh2.swamp3.everglade
1.to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor2.(fig.) to get beaten up badly3.to beat the crap out of (sb)
1.lit. to fill the whole sky and cover the land (idiom)2.fig. everywhere; as far as the eye can see